Underground filmmaker Robert Downey, best known for 'Putney Swope' and being father to a movie star, gets a warm salute in the documentary 'Sr.,' directed by Chris Smith.
Unfortunately, follow-up films such as 1970’s humans-playing-animals comedy “Pound” and 1972’s acid western-Christ parable, “Greaser’s Palace,” did little to burnish his reputation. He went on to have a kind of herky-jerky helming career until exiting the film scene in 2005 with the Philadelphia-set documentary, “Rittenhouse Square.”
In addition, where exactly was Downey Sr. — not to mention Downey Jr.’s actress-mother and Downey Sr.’s first wife, Elsie — during Downey Jr.’s darkest days? Just a bit of referencing might have helped round out some patchy family history. But this is mostly a buoyant and affectionate portrait, one that enjoyably showcases Downey Sr.’s sweet irascibility , Jr.’s offhand jauntiness and the puckish duo’s mutual love of film, family and irreverence.
“Boogie Nights,” are also woven in, as are interviews with friends including Anderson , Alan Arkin, Norman Lear and Lawrence Wolf, the latter a frequent performer in Downey Sr.’s ’60s and ’70s films.
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